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Dropped off the edge again down in Juarez
"Don't even bat an eye
If the eagle cries" the rasta man says
Just cause the desert likes
Young girls flesh and
No angel came
No angel came
I don't think you even know
What you think you just said
So go on and spill your seed,
Shake your gun to the Rastaman's head
'Cause the desert, she must be blessed and
No angel came
No angel came (listen, darling)
No angel came
There's a time to keep it up, a time to keep it in
The Indian is told the cowboy is his friend
A time to keep it up, boys, a time to keep it in
The Indian is told the cowboy is his friend
You know that I can breathe even when I cheat
Should, should, should, should've been over for me
(Listen, darling)
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came (listen, darling)
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came
"Don't even bat an eye
If the eagle cries" the rasta man says
Just cause the desert likes
Young girls flesh and
No angel came
No angel came
I don't think you even know
What you think you just said
So go on and spill your seed,
Shake your gun to the Rastaman's head
'Cause the desert, she must be blessed and
No angel came
No angel came (listen, darling)
No angel came
There's a time to keep it up, a time to keep it in
The Indian is told the cowboy is his friend
A time to keep it up, boys, a time to keep it in
The Indian is told the cowboy is his friend
You know that I can breathe even when I cheat
Should, should, should, should've been over for me
(Listen, darling)
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came (listen, darling)
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came
No angel came
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Juarez is the bordertown to El Paso, TX, and there are many factories over there that produce electronic parts that get back shipped over here. They pay these girls ridiculously low wages (A few dollars a day or less).
Who is killing these girls? Organized crime. The sad thing is that the government of Mexico is all tangled up in organized crime, and no one can help these girls. These sickos kill them for SPORT. They rape and mutilate their bodies, and bury them in the desert --- in other words -- femicide.
If you are interested in learning more about this, please google it, or you can contact me at chasemice@yahoo.com.
"No angel came...."
This lyric haunts me - in a gloriously divine way.
Tori has stated in the past that she wanted this song to sound as if it was being blasting out of a car parked near the border where a murder was taking place.
I agree with merchantpierce.
like so much of her work this displays how society feels it has been deceived and foolrd by the false promises of religion.